Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-08
Tho Cheapest Of an.
The Weekly GAZETTE only 81 year.
MARVELLOUS MARRIAGES.

Eymcn's Knot VIII SuH 80 Tied-LoVsr rs
WIZ Rot be Denied.
4 Mobile ala. newspaper says that at
q recent ball d gentleman wore the swal-
low-tail coat in which he was married if
teen years ago, which seventeen other
blidegrooms had worn, and which had
done duty at forty-three weddings.
In the year 1867 two persons left DaI-
keith for Dalasheils, ard, not having the
requisite funds to get married by q minis
ter, says All the Year Round, they each
took handful of meal and Enelt down,
facing each other, after placing q basin
between them. Both then placed their
handsfull of meal in the D2sin and mixed
it, in token that they "wOuld never sever
till death did them part" After swear
ing 10 this effect on & Bible they both rose
up and declared themselves man and wife.
They afterwsrd returned to Dalkeith,
where they resided as man and wife, the
marriage being considered perfectly
legal
The island Of Johanna, ComCrs islands,
has, says the Chicago News, some very
peculiar customs. The natives are let
black, but neat and clean. Girls after
marriage are not allowed cut on the
streets a. Oil, and can see no one but
their husbands Rich men are allowed
four wives, poor men one. When 2 poor
man gets poorer he can sell g half share
IA mis- wife for SO much money, regulated
By law. a native belle before her mar
riase makes fiUe display on the fashion
able streets Of Johanna in this RIG:
calico Mother Hubbard gown, printed
with pattern Of banans-leeyes, reaching
to her knees, no shoes or stockings, and
for head gear wiie--immed, blue china
tescup, worn with the handle on one side
for convenience in taking of.
Some years ago Mr.. GrisWOld vas be-
reaved OF his first wife, says the Helena
NJ. T. Herald. a Day or two before
she died she induced someone to procure
her Ratchet, for what purpose nc one
knew. This implement she secreted in
the bed. Before dying she summoned
her husband, who knelt at her bedside.
While in that attitude she bade him fare
well. and conjured him never to marry
again. Suddenly she drew the h8tchet
from under the Coverlet, and struck the
uususpeCting man blow in one eye, de-
strOying the organ of vision and dIsfg-
uring MIN for life, at the same time
avowiDg her secret purpose to mar his
appearance so that no other woman
would marry him. And that is how
Griswold got his glass eye. The charm
was lmpOtent, however, for GrisWolG
married g second time about o year ego.
Captain W. D. Began and his beautiful
young bride are the principals in re-
mantle marriage which created great
sensation in Sumter, S. c., a few days
ago, says the Atlantis Constitution. Gen
eral E. w. Noise, the father Of the bride,
is one of the foremost lawyers and poll
ticians in South Carolins. He was for
two years adjutant and inspector-gener
al, and held other high positions under
the state government He is wealthy
ana & very strict Hebrew. His oldest
daughter, very winsome brunette Of
twenty years, was regarded as the belle of
the town. She was much sought after
By the best young men, many of whom
offered their hand in marriage. None of
them, however, would she accept until
Captain W, D. Began appeared on the